2007/2008 LYRIC OPERA DISCOVERY SERIESformerly the Preview Lecture Series
All sessions take place at the UBS Tower Ballroom, 1 N. Wacker, with the exception of Eugene Onegin and the Doctor Atomic Symposium.
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LA TRAVIATA Friday, September 28, 6–7 pm UBS Tower, 1 N. Wacker Elizabeth Futral, Joseph Calleja, Mark Delavan Jean Kellogg, moderator One of Opera's greatest love stories seen through the eyes of its characters. Elizabeth Futral (Violetta), Joseph Calleja (Alfredo), and Mark Delavan (Germont) discuss what it is about this Verdi favorite that makes us endlessly enthralled – and endlessly fascinated – with its story and music. |
 Elizabeth Futral |
 Joseph Calleja |
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 Mark Delavan |
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| LA BOHÈME Wednesday, October 3, 6–7 pm UBS Tower, 1 N. Wacker Renata Scotto, Roger Pines Legendary soprano Renata Scotto was our Mimì in 1960 and is back at Lyric to direct this season's production. Scotto joins Lyric Opera dramaturg and opera-expert-without-equal, Roger Pines, for an engaging conversation on the Puccini classic. |
 Renata Scotto |
 Roger Pines |
| JULIUS CAESAR Tuesday, October 30, 6–7 pm UBS Tower, 1 N. Wacker David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Emmanuelle Haïm Roger Pines, moderator Caesar played by the world's greatest countertenor! Cleopatra played by the singer The Times (London) called "a knockout!" And the very first female conductor in Lyric history! All discussing a 1724 Handel opera that holds modern audiences spellbound. What an evening! |
 David Daniels |
 Danielle de Niese |
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 Emmanuelle Haïm |
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| DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN Tuesday, November 13, 6–7 pm UBS Tower, 1 N. Wacker Deborah Voigt, Christine Brewer, Paul Curran, Sir Andrew Davis Roger Pines, moderator Composer Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal gave us a fairy tale for adults — a paean to Mozart's The Magic Flute. Deborah Voigt, who plays the part-divine, part-human empress; Christine Brewer (the Dyer's Wife); director Paul Curran; and conductor Sir Andrew Davis offer their views on what many consider Strauss's finest opera. |
 Deborah Voigt |
 Christine Brewer |
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 Paul Curran |
 Sir Andrew Davis |
DOCTOR ATOMIC SYMPOSIUM
SOLD OUT
Sunday, December 9, 2–5 pm
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Avenue
John Adams, Gerald Finley, Peter Sellars, Dr. Norman Ramsey, Martin Sherwin, Henry Frisch, James Cuno!
Wynne Delacoma, renowned music critic, and Peter Sagal, host of NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!," moderators
The defining event of the 20th century, the development of the Atomic Bomb, is the basis for this John Adams work. The symposium's distinguished panelists include composer John Adams; his librettist and director Peter Sellars; Gerald Finley, who portrays Robert Oppenheimer in the opera; Nobelist Norman Ramsey who worked with Oppenheimer at Los Alamos; Pulitzer Prize-winning Oppenheimer biographer Martin Sherwin; noted physicist and teacher Henry Frisch, whose parents worked on the Manhattan Project and who now is a keeper of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock (the figurative representation of humanity's proximity to global catastrophe); and president and CEO of The Art Institute of Chicago, James Cuno. Join them for a fascinating look at both the opera and the incidents and characters that inspired it. A once-in-a-lifetime convergence of music, history, and scholarship, this not-to-be-missed symposium is an historic event in its own right!
John Adams
Gerald Finley
Peter Sellars
Dr. Norman Ramsey
Martin Sherwin
Henry Frisch
James Cuno
Wynne Delacoma
Peter SagalPresented in cooperation with The Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Doctor Atomic Symposium made possible in part by a grant from the Katherine A. Abelson Educational Endowment Fund.
Listen to the three-part Symposium Podcast
| FALSTAFF Wednesday, January 23, 6–7 pm UBS Tower, 1 N. Wacker Andrew Shore, Veronica Villarroel, Boaz Daniel, Olivier Tambosi Roger Pines, moderator He's old, unloved, overweight, and broke – yet Falstaff is one of the most endearing characters in opera and literature. Find out about the work that bears his name, the opera that is the masterful last creation of Verdi's long career. Andrew Shore (Falstaff), Veronica Villarroel (Alice), Boaz Daniel (Ford), and director Olivier Tambosi join Roger Pines for a discussion of this late-Verdi gem. |
 Andrew Shore |
 Veronica Villarroel |
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 Boaz Daniel |
 Olivier Tambosi |
| THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Tuesday, February 12, 6–7 pm UBS Tower, 1 N. Wacker Nathan Gunn, Joyce DiDonato Roger Pines, moderator What is more delightful than a performance of Barber? Especially when it Nathan Gunn (Figaro) and Joyce DiDonato (Rosina). Both engage in a lively exchange on Rossini's comedic masterpiece, moderated by Roger Pines. |
 Nathan Gunn |
 Joyce DiDonato |
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| EUGENE ONEGIN Thursday, February 28, 6–7pm Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Dina Kuznetsova, Sir Andrew Davis Roger Pines, moderator With Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky produced a portrait of 19th-century life among Russia's landowners, serfs, and upper class. Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin) and Dina Kuznetsova (Tatyana) join conductor Sir Andrew Davis for a look at the work that is perhaps the greatest of all Russian operas. |
 Dmitri Hvorostovsky |
 Dina Kuznetsova |
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Sir Andrew Davis |
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The Discovery Series is sponsored by the Bernard and Marjorie Mitchell Family Foundation and is dedicated to the memory of Alfred Glasser.
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For more information, please contact the Lyric Opera Education Department (312) 827-5912.
